Author: Luke Martin

BAE Systems announced yesterday that it would play a key role in the AUKUS trilateral agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, in order to helpthe Australia to acquire its first nuclear-powered submarines. The three nations will deliver a trilaterally developed submarine based on the UK’s next-generation design, incorporating technology from the three nations. Australia and the United Kingdom will operate the SSN-AUKUS, their submarine of the future, which should begin construction this decade. The AUKUS agreement will further strengthen and deepen the relationship between the UK, US and Australia. “The selection of the UK’s next generation…

Nikolay Patrushev pointed out that the rearmament of the Australian fleet within the framework of the new AUKUS alliance, including the supply of nuclear submarines, military support for Taiwan and South Korea, has a long-term aim – “establishing US and NATO dominance over Eurasia from its eastern flank” MOSCOW – The stability of Asia causes Washington’s discontent and this explains why it wants to clone an equivalent of NATO in Asia to subjugate independent states, the Secretary of Russia’s Security Council Nikolay Patrushev said in an interview with the Rossiyskaya Gazeta daily. “Washington is very unhappy about stability in Asia…

FILE – Ukrainian soldiers prepare a U.S.-supplied M777 howitzer to fire at Russian positions in Kherson region, Ukraine, Jan. 9, 2023. A rapidly expanding group of U.S. and allied troops and contractors are using phones and tablets to communicate in encrypted chat rooms to provide real-time maintenance advice to Ukrainian troops on the battlefield. As the U.S. and other allies provide a growing number of increasingly complex and high-tech weapons, the maintenance demands are expanding. (AP Photo/Libkos, File)LIBKOS A MILITARY BASE IN SOUTHEASTERN POLAND (AP) — On the front lines in Ukraine, a soldier was having trouble firing his 155…